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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2004
Herbert H. J. Hum, Portland, OR (US);
Aaron T. Spink, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert G. Blankenship, Tacoma, WA (US);
Herbert H. J. Hum, Portland, OR (US);
Aaron T. Spink, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert G. Blankenship, Tacoma, WA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes identifying a transaction from a first processor to a second processor of a system with a transaction identifier. The transaction identifier may have a value that is less than or equal to a maximum number of outstanding transactions between the two processors. In such manner, a transaction field for the transaction identifier may be limited to n bits, where the maximum number of outstanding transactions is less than or equal to 2. In various embodiments, such a transaction identifier combined with a source identifier and a home node identifier may form a globally unique transaction identifier.